Retronasal testing of olfactory function: An investigation and comparison in seven countries

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1087-1095

  Croy, Ilona ^a   Hoffmann, Heike ^a   Philpott, Carl ^b   Rombaux, Philippe ^c   Welge Luessen, Antje ^d   Vodicka, Jan ^e,h   Konstantinidis, Iordanis ^f   Morera, Eduardo ^g   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d HNO Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Flavor; Nose; Smell; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETRONASAL FUNCTION; RETRONASAL TESTING; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TASTE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; TASTE;

EID: 84898894635     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2684-9     Document Type: Article

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